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Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
assessment - Vital signs ... Relevant drug levels (e.g ... rigidity) Consider EEG ... especially if* - History ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
illness What: Key signs ... that define the clinical ... syndrome - Does ... illness script (e.g ... #HPI #Diagnosis
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Anti-dsDNA - SLE Anti-histone ... - Vasculitis, e.g ... - Vasculitis, e.g ... Associations #diseases #diagnosis ... #table #rheumatology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Surgical devices, e.g ... Sepsis (→ 3-14) e.g ... (e.g. haloperidol ... #Workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
negative family history ... risk factors (eg ... hypertension (eg ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... hypertension (eg
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
cardiac syncope, e.g ... carotid sinus syndrome ... obtaining a detailed history ... orthostatic vital sign ... and an initial ECG
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... trolley and 12-lead ECG ... CM5 continuous ECG ... Obtain a 12-lead ECG ... #Workup
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... hyponatremia, AKI, etc ... family for more history ... will also get an EKG ... #diagnosis #workup
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... - Infectious workup ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... oral secretions (e.g ... monitoring (vital signs
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Pathogenesis and clinical ... to feeding - History ... - CHF - Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs